Importing headunit from USA?
28 July 2004, 05:16 PM
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Importing headunit from USA?
In another bid to beat rip-off Britain, I'm tempted by the Nakamichi CD400 which is $309 from woofersetc in the states (approx £170) and £450 here.
Even adding in shipping, customs & VAT its still only around £250.
Not sure if it's worth the risk - if nothing goes wrong it's a great deal, but returning it to North Carolina under warranty would be a pain, and I'm not sure it'll arrive in one piece in the first place.
Has anyone had experience of doing this? I'd be most grateful for your thoughts
Phil
Alternately, do I go for low risk and buy the KDW6527SE with its 24-bit Burr Brown etc etc from CAD?
Even adding in shipping, customs & VAT its still only around £250.
Not sure if it's worth the risk - if nothing goes wrong it's a great deal, but returning it to North Carolina under warranty would be a pain, and I'm not sure it'll arrive in one piece in the first place.
Has anyone had experience of doing this? I'd be most grateful for your thoughts
Phil
Alternately, do I go for low risk and buy the KDW6527SE with its 24-bit Burr Brown etc etc from CAD?
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28 July 2004, 09:00 PM
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the problem you will have is that the States and Canada use differnt radio frequency increments to us, so you wont get some of the radio stations here.
i think where as ours go in 0.05 increments, theres go up in 0.2. so if for example Radio 1 is frequency 97.7, you wont get it. it will be fine if its 97.0 though...
i think where as ours go in 0.05 increments, theres go up in 0.2. so if for example Radio 1 is frequency 97.7, you wont get it. it will be fine if its 97.0 though...
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I got a nice Alpine head unit from Canada two years ago. It was a good deal however the radio reception was v.bad. You'll only pick them up where the signals a very strong.
30 July 2004, 04:36 AM
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late model alpines tune into uk frequencies so no issues. you just lose RDS.
wouldn't advise a Nak they have had reliability issues..........i have 2 45Z's and a 40Z at home as we speak
if you want a Alpine 9835 in your mitts i can offer one imported with no import duty for £275 to your door
wouldn't advise a Nak they have had reliability issues..........i have 2 45Z's and a 40Z at home as we speak
if you want a Alpine 9835 in your mitts i can offer one imported with no import duty for £275 to your door
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Thanks kind people - looks like the Nak's out. A unit with poor reliability and effectively no guarantee is not a good idea! I can't get my head round the idea of explaining to customs that it's going back & forth across the Atlantic for claims under warranty!!
troublemaker - Seen posts on talkaudio about reception being poor on imported US Alpines so I think they're out too. A completely unrelated plug to you an a fellow classic UK wagon owner- Powerstation in Cheltenham are great at setting up classic scoobs.
Back to browsing UK websites I s'pose!
troublemaker - Seen posts on talkaudio about reception being poor on imported US Alpines so I think they're out too. A completely unrelated plug to you an a fellow classic UK wagon owner- Powerstation in Cheltenham are great at setting up classic scoobs.
Back to browsing UK websites I s'pose!
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